Cooley+-+Primary+Groups


 * Primary groups
 * competitive unity
 * social unity
 * family, play-group, community
 * play-group : human nature, human ideals


 * Family
 * Nursery of human nature
 * Play-groups
 * Boys (after 12) - Sympathy, ambition, honor engaged even more
 * Neighborhood
 * Primary life of the people
 * Sympathy / mutual aid
 * Socie
 * Clubs, frats
 * Rise to intimacy

IN-CLASS. Primary Groups
 * 1) face to face interaction
 * 2) shape your behavior
 * 3) People support each other depend upon / hate (values / morals)
 * 4) Universal - building block for self-determination
 * 5) Small village
 * 6) Cant manufacture primary groups
 * 7) "we" identify with the group not self "i" is a "we"
 * 8) Neighborhood elder
 * 9) Family / people your around
 * 10) Children / Playgroups
 * 11) Not isolation (universal foundation of human identity)
 * 12) Complicated (not all good)
 * 13) Studies shown that infant separated from primary group then reunited is not always successful
 * 14) "we" not isolation but unity
 * 15) throughout life
 * 16) No escape.